Improvement in leather hose



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CHARLES F. W. Mm/ER, or oeoNoM'oWoeK, WISCONSIN; Letters .Patent No. 68,641, dated Septemberlo, 186i.

IMPROVEMENT IN LEATHER HOSE.

TO ALL WH-OM IT MAY CONCERN: y Be it known that I, CHARLES F. W. MEYER, of Oconomowook, in the county of Waukesha, and Stute of Wisconsin, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Making Leather Hose Pipes; and I do. hereby declare the following to be e full, elettr, and exziet description of my invention, reference being had to the`ucou'ipnnyingA drawings, in Whichi Figure 1 is en elevation, and y I Figure 2 n transverse sectional view of my improved hose pipe, illustrating the mode ofits eonstruetion.

The nature of myvinvention consists of an impro-ved method of forming the seam to unite the edgesof the piecesin the manufacture of leather hose pipes, whereby the inner surface is letftsmooth dnd the stiteh apertures do not penetrate from the interior to the exterior thereof when the pipe isfinished', whilst at thesame time a very strong seem is secured capable of withstanding un a-monnt or" pres-sure which wouldbreak theleather itself.

To enable others skilled in the art to ineke und use my invention, I will describe its construction.`

I cut my leather intended for/'the hose'of o width corresponding to the size of the hose required, allowing for the breadth of the seam. I then, with u. suitable gouge, mark the width of the intended senin, then plalce f one edge, A, of the leather strip close to and under a. line, b, marked upon its inner surface forthe inner edge` of the seam :(as illustrated in positive linesl fig 2,) and then, with a leather thread, e, I sew through theleather v'with a. single thong. Ithen lop downthe projecting liep or strip of leather, D, left hovethe line'of juncture b, already formed, :is shown by red lines in fig. 2, oud sew it fast without passingA the stitches through the inner surface of the leather or puncturing, the some, as clearly shown' in the drawing. By thismcthodof forming p the seam I secure o perfect hose in which there con he no danger of afruptnred seam, for the pressure of the water within the 'hose presses the leather in the seam together, strengthening the seam so that itcanuot break, or rip. The-inner surface of the hose is left also entirely smooth, und the thread or `leather thong isin no Hey" exposed to the direct notion of the water owingthrough the hose, hut when it is wet through `the thongs-win ,swell so as t-o'prevent eli'ectually any possibility of leakage therent.

Hoving thus fully described my invention, I claim therein as new, and desire to secure hy Letters Potent- Uniting:r the pieces, constituting a leathcruhose pipe, by slapped seam sewed withv leather thongs, inthe` manner herein described.

-oHARLEs vF. "W. MEYER.

Witnesses:

D. W. SMALL, GEORGE F. Wesrovun. 

